The show was a runaway success with fans and followed train Thomas with his friends Gordon ... 384lb weight-loss made him a reality star dies aged 37 Allcroft was remembered as an "adoring ...

Allcroft died on Christmas ... told The New York Times. Thomas the Tank Engine was created by the Rev. Wilbert Awdry in a series of 1940s children’s books (he based the train on a wooden toy ...